BRAINERD, Minn. – Minnesota native Jason Line won a race for an NHRA-record 16th straight season on Sunday, racing to the victory at his home track during the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd Int’l Raceway.

In other racing, it was a double-up victory for Don Schumacher Racing for the first time this year as Leah Pritchett (Top Fuel) and Ron Capps (Funny Car) won in their respective categories.

Line, the No. 1 qualifier, used a run of 6.597 seconds at 209.10 mph in his Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro to beat Erica Enders’ 6.604-second run at 207.59 mph in the final round.

It is Line’s 49th victory and first in 2019. It is his second career Brainerd win, but Sunday marked the first time he could celebrate at his home track, as his 2014 event win was completed in Indy after a rain delay.

Line knocked off Wally Stroupe, Alex Laughlin and Deric Kramer to reach the final round. Enders, the No. 2 qualifier, beat Shane Tucker, Chris McGaha and Seattle winner Matt Hartford to reach her 48th career final round, but Line edged her out to grab the memorable win in front of family and friends.

“This is very cool,” Line said. “As we get older, you realize these moments are going to be few and far between and less chance of them happening, so it’s very special. Right now it feels special, but it’s going be feel more special later on, for sure. It was just a great weekend and a fun day. We had a great car and you want to win here in front of your friends and family. To see them and see how happy they are, it’s super special. This place has been a big part of our lives.”

In Top Fuel, Pritchett picked up her first win of the season and eighth in her career thanks to a 3.732-second pass at 321.04 mph in her MOPAR Dodge dragster, sending her past Mike Salinas in the final round. Pritchett, who earned her second Brainerd win, knocked off Kyle Wurtzel, defending event winner Billy Torrence and Seattle winner Austin Prock to reach the final round.

Salinas got past Luigi Novelli, Clay Millican and Doug Kalitta to reach the final round for the fifth time in his career. Pritchett’s victory is the first Top Fuel win of the season for DSR, and the nitro double-up for the team comes a race after rival John Force Racing did the same in Seattle.

“I was proud to be the one to put on the final win light (today) for DSR, and this is the perfect time to be able to get the momentum for our season,” Pritchett said. “Looking at the time sheets, we made four incredible runs and that’s something that the crew chiefs have been able to do consistently, and it’s coming together at the perfect time. Between the racecar that we have, the team and what we’re asking it to do, (the car) is performing beautifully, and I couldn’t be more happy.”

Funny Car’s Capps won for the sixth time in Brainerd, going 3.946 seconds at 324.28 mph in the final round in his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to beat DSR teammate Tommy Johnson Jr.’s 3.947-second run at 319.98 mph. It is Capps’ third win in 2019 and 64th of his career.

Capps beat defending world champ J.R. Todd, Jack Beckman and Shawn Langdon en route to the finals, while Johnson drove past Tim Wilkerson, points leader Robert Hight and No. 1 qualifier Matt Hagan to reach his 52nd career final.

Capps fell to longtime rival John Force in an emotional final round in Seattle, a race that gave Force his 150th career win, but Capps rebounded in impressive fashion on Sunday at one of his favorite races on the NHRA circuit.

“I had my hands full today,” Capps said. “This is a race that we circle on the calendar because it’s fun, but you want to race this race and get the finishing touches on your tune-up. This is a crucial and they’ve done such a great job here. Both lanes are equal and you really want to have your act together leaving this race. I’m so happy we’ve had great success here and we had a great running car today.”

The Memphis Grizzlies have granted Dwight Howard's representatives permission to speak with other teams that might be interested in the veteran center, league sources told ESPN.

One of those teams is the Los Angeles Lakers, who are exploring options at center after DeMarcus Cousins was lost with a torn ACL.

The Lakers' interest in Howard is more "due diligence" at this point, a team source said.

Howard played one season for the Lakers, in 2012, then spurned them for the Houston Rockets in free agency.

CLEVELAND -- Indians ace Corey Kluber was removed from a minor league start after one inning with abdominal tightness.

The team said Kluber, who hasn't pitched in the majors since breaking his arm during a start on May 1, was taken out of Sunday's game for Triple-A Columbus in Charlotte, North Carolina, for precautionary reasons. The two-time Cy Young winner was making his third start as he attempts to return from the injury.

Kluber walked two and didn't allow a run in his one inning. The 33-year-old was scheduled to spend Monday in Cleveland -- an off day for the Indians -- before re-joining the club in New York.

It's not yet known if Kluber's abdominal issue is a setback. The Indians have been hoping he might be able to pitch for them during the playoff push in September.

Kluber won the Cy Young in 2014 and 2017.

Russia's Daniil Medvedev and American Madison Keys recorded straight-set victories to win the men's and women's Cincinnati Masters titles in Ohio.

Medvedev, who defeated world number one Novak Djokovic in the semi-final, beat Belgium's David Goffin 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 to win his first ATP Masters 1,000 title.

Victory means the 23-year-old will become world number five on Monday.

Keys, 24, beat two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5 7-6 (7-5) to win a second title of the season.

The win will see Keys - ranked 18th - return to the world top 10.

In her first hard court final since finishing as runner-up at the 2017 US Open, the American twice recovered from 5-3 down to take the victory.

Meanwhile, eighth-ranked Medvedev held his nerve in the first set tie-break and broke serve immediately in the second before seeing out the win in one hour 41 minutes.

LONG POND, Pa. – Felix Rosenqvist was taken to a local hospital for evaluation and later released after being involved in a five-car crash on the opening lap of Sunday’s NTT IndyCar Series ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway.

Rosenqvist was collected in a five-crash crash in turn two, which started when Takuma Sato came down across the nose of Ryan Hunter-Reay as the field charged towards turn two.

The resulting crash also collected James Hinchcliffe, Alexander Rossi and Rosenqvist, who clipped Sato’s when it came back up the track. Rosenqvist’s car partially flipped and rode the outside wall before coming to rest at the exit of turn two.

Rosenqvist was taken to the infield car center, where it was decided he would be taken to a local hospital for further evaluation according to IndyCar Director of Medical Services Dr. Geoffrey Billows.

“Felix we’re just sending down to the trauma center for a little bit more evaluation,” Billows said. “He’s got non-life-threatening injuries. I think he’ll be fine. He walked to the ambulance on his own.”

NTT IndyCar Series officials announced shortly after 5:40 p.m. that Rosenqvist had been evaluated by officials at a local hospital and was set to be released.

Felix Rosenqvist has been evaluated at local hospital and will be released shortly ?#ABCSupply500 // @FRosenqvist pic.twitter.com/osrUVCCAPh

— NTT IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) August 18, 2019

Rosenqvist later confirmed via Twitter that he had been released from a local hospital.

Just got cleared from the hospital. Definitely feel lucky escaping without any serious injuries after visiting the catch fence there… Good to see @scottdixon9 back in the championship hunt! On to Gateway next weekend ?? #NTTDataRacing #Pocono

— Felix Rosenqvist (@FRosenqvist) August 18, 2019

The incident on the first lap of the race damaged the catch fencing on the outside of turn two, resulting in a 45-minute red flag period to repair the damage.

It is the second-straight year a violent crash has taken place in turn two early in the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway. Last year on the sixth lap Robert Wickens crashed violently in turn two, leaving him severely injured.

MONTEREY, Calif. – As this year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion came to a close Sunday, the highlight for IMSA fans was a panel discussion on the Prototype class with former drivers and engine builders.

A large crowd gathered in front of the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Paddock Stage to spend 45 minutes with these gentlemen as they entertain the fans with stories from past eras.

Here are some of the thoughts from the panel about their time around this class.

Tom Milner worked for Ford when the Prototype class first started and got the job because he lived in the United States at the time. What does he remember about their cars is simple.

“The cars had the most spectacular huge flames shoot out of the side and migrated around the car,” he said. The fans really loved that!”

Milner has been around IMSA since the beginning as he ran in the first race at Pocono in 1969.

“It’s amazing that IMSA has been around for 50 years and it is hard to imagine the first race was in 1969,” he said. “I was there. Mrs. (Peggy) Bishop gave me a check for $300 because we came in third and back then, that was a lot of money!”

Milner enjoyed a successful career and left the crowd with this thought. “As a sports car racer you want to win the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring and then you can retire,” he said. “I’m happy to say, I’m retired!”

Porsche’s Alwin Springer explained how they had to change the 962 Prototype before it could race.

“The 962s were different so we had to change the front axle,” he said. “The driver had their feet in front of the axel so we had to change the chassis so the 962 could race in IMSA and put their feet behind the front axle.”

Jerry Woods was an engine builder for Chevrolet and remembered how competitive the racing was in the class.

“There was a lot of innovation that could be done to the cars and the engines,” he said. “Learning about the Chevrolet motor was another animal. You had to respect the workers who built these engines.”

John Morton remembered his time in a Nissan.

“The Nissan era where the car wasn’t very unsuccessful, I wasn’t involved in that!” he said. “I only joined them after that, and it was a winner. “It was really cool to be driving the fastest car on the track and with the fastest driver Geoff Brabham.
“I ended up on the GTS team and won Sebring in 1994 and our class at Le Mans that year,” he added. “I had a good run with Nissan and Datsun as they were known then.”

Former driver Davy Jones recalled his win in 1986 with John Andretti in a BMW at Watkins Glen.

“The car, in the end, took a little bit to sort out,” he said. “There were a lot of little wrenches to figure out. When you ask a driver what their favorite race was, they usually answer with ‘the one I won.’ That is true with this one as I will always remember winning at The Glen.”

Parker Johnstone, who won three championships in an Acura in the 1990s, spoke about what he loved about the Porsche 962.

“The 962 is the easiest race car as I have ever driven,” he said. “The car has all this leeway that makes it a great endurance car.”

Jörg Bergmeister first started driving in Prototypes with Riley and Ford.

“Prototype racing was intense and wheel-to-wheel,” he said. “What I liked about the car is that I fit in it as being 6-4 and that was sometimes difficult. It was good fun and even better racing.”

Didier Theys is no stranger to winning the most iconic races. He is a two-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona and has also won at the Twelve Hours of Sebring. He is known for driving the Ferrari 333 SP.

“The horsepower the car had was a lot to put on the ground,” he said. “I enjoyed driving the Ferrari. The car was great to compete in and try to win a race. But when you see the engineers there, you feel the passion about it. Then you win, go to the factory and have the red carpet treatment – that was special.”